Comments on: Crash course diet reverses Type 2 diabetes in a week https://www.isegoria.net/2015/05/crash-course-diet-reverses-type-2-diabetes-in-a-week/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Space Nookie https://www.isegoria.net/2015/05/crash-course-diet-reverses-type-2-diabetes-in-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2273733 Space Nookie Fri, 08 May 2015 06:07:46 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37988#comment-2273733 Yeah, that’s what they did in this study — the diet was 600 cals/day for 8 weeks. I’m guessing the average participant lost about 30 pounds. I feel like this article includes claims that aren’t actually supported by the study. e.g. fat loss in the pancreas when there is loss of total body fat is what would be expected and is not IMO proof of the theory that pancreatic fat accumulation causes diabetes.

This was a 2011 study/article so I looked around for confirmations — the same doctor is doing a larger study that will conclude in 2018.

]]> By: Type 2 Guy https://www.isegoria.net/2015/05/crash-course-diet-reverses-type-2-diabetes-in-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2273174 Type 2 Guy Thu, 07 May 2015 17:36:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37988#comment-2273174 This is both true and misleading at the same time. I was diagnosed with Type 2 and took medications to control my Blood Sugar levels. Simply put; your pancreas is not efficiently supplying enough insulin to control your blood sugar by itself at your normal calorie consumption level.

Decreasing calorie intake, notably simple carbs, will lessen the need for insulin to balance the spike of blood sugar from those carbs. By continuosly monitoring my blood glucose levels, I could determine what effect different foods caused.

I went on a clinical low calorie diet (900 cal/day) and was able to eliminate my medications within 10 days. This is the same diet they put people on prior to gastric bypass surgery. I have no expertise in this field, but it would seem possible to me that these results could be from something as simple as the pancreas is not being subjected to the same workload in terms of insulin production.

The diet suggested however, is pretty restrictive and needs to be done under medical supervision. A diet that low in calories will cause weight loss and transitioning back to a maintenance level (900 up to 2000+) eventually could trigger a return to the requirement for diabetes medications.

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